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clipInmate Learns French in Maximum Security PrisonJermaine Archer was sentenced to 22 years to life at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility, a maximum security prison in New York. As a participant in the college education ...
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clipFrom Drug Dealer to College Graduate: A Second ChanceJermaine Archer, a former drug dealer, feels he's been given a second chance with the Sing Sing college education program. As the first male in his family to earn a ...
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clipFormer Inmate Appointed Director of College Education ProgramBefore Sean Pica was sentenced to 24 years in Sing Sing Correctional Facility, his education ended in ninth grade. During his time in prison, Pica participated in the Sing ...
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clipInvesting in Prisoners’ Education Boosts the EconomyJohn Fugelsang discusses common misperceptions of the prison education program with Sing Sing program director, Sean Pica. College program graduates are empowered to ...
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clipRecidivism Rare Among Sing Sing Education Program GraduatesSean Pica is the director of the Sing Sing education program. Less than one percent of the program's graduates re-enter prison, compared to 43% of all incarcerated people who ...
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episodePrison Education Program Graduate to Mentor in His CommunityJermaine Archer is a graduate of the Sing Sing Prison education program. After serving out the remainder of his sentence, he plans to return to Flatbush, Brooklyn, to mentor ...
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episodeFirst Degree | Full EpisodeThe expression, “sent up the river,” was coined by convicts who were sent up the Hudson River to do their time at the infamous Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, NY. ...